We have been working hard the last few days (and nights) on the website for the first virtual conference of WFTGA, the world association of us guest/guide guides. It has finally gone online and you can register: virtual.wftga.com Sign up now, as there are only a limited number of 500 places and over 400 are…
February 28, 2021 from 1:00 pm – 4:30 pm Through Covid-19, we have all had to become more involved with videoconferencing and online seminars. That’s why this congress wants to ask how we can use the momentum of digitization, even after the pandemic, to advance digitization around guest tours and cultural mediation. How do digital…
Last Sunday, February 21, was the World Day of Guides/Guides. We would like to use this occasion to publish a text by Linz Tourism Director Prof. Georg Steiner. In doing so, he thinks about our industry in a very critical but forward-looking way. We are currently working with him on a project about experiences based…
“Change in the tourism industry. How can technology help get through these difficult times?” Especially for tourist guides, the discussion fields of city, bus and cruise tourism are exciting. Our Managing Director Sebastian Frankenberger, as a panelist and representative of DonauGuides GmbH, will discuss together with Urlich Berger (Founder&CEO Guiding Group), Prof. Georg Steiner (Tourism…
There is a new training course of tourism training in Austria. Modular, mostly online, a practical course with an optimal preparation for the qualification exam by experienced lecturers for the theoretical subjects, active guides and former graduates of the last years, as well as outstanding partners in the tourism industry. Ideally matched as a part-time…
Our webinar on 8/31/2020 went off successfully with over 600 live attendees from 57 countries. Key outcomes of the presentations and discussions were: Be open to new technologies and opportunities through digitization Develop new fields, e.g. tour ideas for locals Increased cooperation between guides Thank you very much for the numerous participation and the strong…
2020 was a difficult year for tour guides worldwide. In many countries, guides are only allowed to lead under strict conditions. But do the guests even book a tour at the moment? Is a second wave coming with renewed restrictions, travel warnings and lockdowns? We want to analyze the situation with association leaders of tourist…
28.07-30.07. 2020; 11:00, 13:00, 15:00 CET (Vienna time zone) Over the last few months, we have already introduced you to many audio guiding app providers with our free webinars. Now it’s time to take it a step further! Therefore, we are offering 1/1 meetings with developers at the end of July. In these trainings, we…
Our next webinar next Tuesday 16.6.2020 from 16:00 – 18:00 h Are you thinking about how to make the best use of the time right now? If you don’t have your own website yet, we have just the thing for you. Continuing education on content is important. But more importantly, that you can be found…
Thanks for joining us for yesterday’s webinar on Tourguides Audio Apps and Systems! We were very happy about the large number of participants (over 600 spectators) and the speakers from different countries, and we were also glad that the technology held out. Thanks to our assistants, we were able to actively manage the chat and…
